The corona numbers are skyrocketing again in Italy.
Experts are now increasingly expressing criticism of the lockdown strategy.
Rome - In Italy there is growing concern about another corona wave.
The number of infections and the incidence are currently increasing by leaps and bounds.
On Monday, the country also passed the sad mark of 100,000 Covid deaths since the pandemic began.
In the country there is now increasing criticism of the government's traffic light system.
Corona numbers in Italy skyrocket - vacation region becomes "red zone"
According to statistics from the Ministry of Health in Rome, around 3.08 million people in Italy were infected with the virus.
The infection situation has been worsening for several weeks.
The number of new infections reported within seven days per 100,000 inhabitants was 195 cases at the end of February.
For comparison: In Germany, the seven-day incidence on Monday was 68.
In response, the government tightened the corona rules for several of the 20 regions on Monday.
Campania in the south was declared the third federal state to be the “Red Zone”.
People should stay at home here as much as possible.
In addition, more and more schools are being closed again.
Restaurants in badly affected areas are no longer allowed to open.
In contrast, Sardinia was recently declared a "white zone".
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Corona alarm in Italy: experts criticize lockdown strategy
Prime Minister Draghi made an appeal to his compatriots on Monday.
“We are all facing a new worsening of the pandemic emergency these days.
Everyone must do their part to curb the spread of the virus, "the
Tagesschau
quotes
.
However, in Italy there is increasing criticism of the traffic light system and thus of the lockdown strategy.
The newspaper
La Repubblica
quoted experts with the assumption that Italy's vaccination strategy could be partly responsible for the fact that the number of victims is not yet falling.
Rome initially focused on medical staff.
Although Italy has one of the oldest populations internationally, the very old have been grouped behind it.
Around 5.4 million doses of vaccine have been injected since the end of December.
2.5 million of these were given to health care workers.
In addition, in view of the current figures, experts are now calling for a move away from the traffic light system and a transition to uniform measures throughout Italy.
“In my opinion, these distinctions between the individual regions can no longer be justified,” quoted the
Tagesschau
Patrizia Lauranti, professor of hygiene and infectious diseases at the University of Cattolica.
Errors were made especially in the so-called “yellow zones”.
"The color yellow was lived as an excess of freedom," says Laurenti.
Corona in Italy: Scientific advice is now calling for a hard lockdown
In Italy, for example, bars and restaurants are allowed to reopen during the day in these zones, especially in order to keep the severe economic losses under control.
Regions such as Lombardy, after they had achieved the status of the “yellow zone”, quickly returned to the “orange zones” in view of the high number of infections.
According to Laurenti, more stringent measures are now needed: "I'm sorry to have to say that, but the data speak a clear language, the trend appears clear," she is quoted further by the Tagesschau.
This also corresponds to the report in the daily
La Repubblica
, according to which the Scientific Council made the proposal to send the whole of Italy into a tough lockdown for three weeks.
During this time, as many vaccinations as possible should be given.
The government has not responded to this report.
Prime Minister Draghi limited himself to appeals in his address on Monday.
(rjs / dpa)
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